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instead of waiting for the suburban kids to come into the cities the dealers have gone out to the suburbs. it just blows away these parents in the middle-class communities, the last drug inis unquote. okay, the u.s. war on drugs, that war was first declared by president richard nixon in 1971 with great public approval. since then, $1 trillion have been spent. that's according to "breaking the taboo" a film made by sam bronson, which debuted this week on youtube. the stats in the bronson movie are really sobering. the u.s. tops the list worldwide as the number one illegal drug user nation. i will repeat that. the u.s. tops the list it worldwide as the number one illegal drug user nation. half a million are in jail in the u.s. for breaking drug laws. on average, the u.s. spends $30,000 a year to imprison someone according to a pew survey. the film compares that to the 1- dz 1,000 the u.s. spends a year to educate a public schools student. two former american presidents, bill clinton and jimmy carter, have assessed the success of the war on drugs. >> obviously if the expected result was that
instead of waiting for the suburban kids to come into the cities the dealers have gone out to the suburbs. it just blows away these parents in the middle-class communities, the last drug inis unquote. okay, the u.s. war on drugs, that war was first declared by president richard nixon in 1971 with great public approval. since then, $1 trillion have been spent. that's according to "breaking the taboo" a film made by sam bronson, which debuted this week on youtube. the stats in the...
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story in the book about mike mil group who is the president of -- in new york city when he was teaching. he would identify kids who were at risk and bring them into his classroom and asked his class to support them and work with them. it seemed like kind of a common sense but brilliant approach to making everybody part of the solution and raising all the -- >> guest: absolutely and one of the things we see often are kids who have special needs or learning disabilities are autism, so often the philosophy is to help give those kids tools to not be targeted or to make them less likely to be targeted. >> host: like avoiding certain situations? >> guest: yeah, to avoid certain areas and schools that we know kids are vulnerable where there is little supervision but i think that's only one piece. so many disabilities make them more likely to be bullying and are the social disability so i think that one of the things we have to do a better job often i think michael mil group asked i guess he speaks to this, is how do you educate the entire community about disabilities like autism or like learni
story in the book about mike mil group who is the president of -- in new york city when he was teaching. he would identify kids who were at risk and bring them into his classroom and asked his class to support them and work with them. it seemed like kind of a common sense but brilliant approach to making everybody part of the solution and raising all the -- >> guest: absolutely and one of the things we see often are kids who have special needs or learning disabilities are autism, so often...
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a tragedy in kansas city. nfl linebacker jovan belcher fatally shooting his girlfriend and mother of his daughter, kasandra perkins. afterward, belcher shooting himself in front of coaches outside the team's training facility. despite the shock, the chiefs winning their game just one day later. what better way to reach the masses than by tweeting? pope benedict xvi joining twitter with the handle @pontifex just in time for christmas. the first tweets will be answers to questions on matters of faith, and will be in eight languages, including arabic, english, and spanish, with more languages possibly added in the future. the account already has thousands of followers. the pope will hit "send" on the first tweet himself on december 12th, though many will be written by aides within the vatican. for "teen kids news," i'm lauren green, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> if you have ever had to spend time in a hospital, you know how the hours can drag on and on. eden has the story of one patient who turned that
a tragedy in kansas city. nfl linebacker jovan belcher fatally shooting his girlfriend and mother of his daughter, kasandra perkins. afterward, belcher shooting himself in front of coaches outside the team's training facility. despite the shock, the chiefs winning their game just one day later. what better way to reach the masses than by tweeting? pope benedict xvi joining twitter with the handle @pontifex just in time for christmas. the first tweets will be answers to questions on matters of...
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and so new york city is their reference to the world, right? so they have new york city, and then they have everywhere else. and they call... >> hinojosa: but what's interesting is that when they leave china, where they're leaving is actually a very beautiful place, there's a lot of green, there's a lot of lakes, there's a lot of nature. and then they come into new york city. >> which is not, like, green and lakes and nature, basically. except for maybe a small piece of central park. >> hinojosa: and it's a.. and for some... >> it's very tragic. >> hinojosa: and it's a tremendously long journey. you cover the story of one man from the golden venture. >> yes. >> hinojosa: and his journey was... >> 120 days, i think, yeah. >> hinojosa: 120 days. >> or his journey might actually have been longer, but the boat itself was about 120 days, right. and so it is... you know, it's this immense exodus, right? so that part of china, which is the northern fujian province, around the capitol citof fuzhou, is the number one chinese restaurant exporting region
and so new york city is their reference to the world, right? so they have new york city, and then they have everywhere else. and they call... >> hinojosa: but what's interesting is that when they leave china, where they're leaving is actually a very beautiful place, there's a lot of green, there's a lot of lakes, there's a lot of nature. and then they come into new york city. >> which is not, like, green and lakes and nature, basically. except for maybe a small piece of central...
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the fact that we have the lowest murder rate of any big city in the country says we know what we're doing. and we have it every year. we have had a reduction in murder rate virtually every single year for the last 20 years. >> as the leader of a huge city in america, new york city, what about the role of other people, our mental health professionals, law enforcement? >> all of that applies. >> what is the role? what about gun owners and gun right supporters? what role do they have in this if there's to be a new dialogue? >> i think gun owners really have spoken. when you do the polling, most gun owners think that an assault weapons ban makes sense in this day and age. that study has been done again and again by both democratic and republican pollsters. and the trouble is that the nra is just never willing to have any restriction whatsoever, no matter how reasonable it is. the supreme court fortunately was. they said having reasonable restrictions is consistent with the constitution. >> does that dynamic change now? does the nra have disproportionate power? you argued a moment ago they did
the fact that we have the lowest murder rate of any big city in the country says we know what we're doing. and we have it every year. we have had a reduction in murder rate virtually every single year for the last 20 years. >> as the leader of a huge city in america, new york city, what about the role of other people, our mental health professionals, law enforcement? >> all of that applies. >> what is the role? what about gun owners and gun right supporters? what role do they...
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new york city and we have offices in new york city and the nation's capital. we take no money from the u.s. government. there have been conspiracy theories about us for quite some time, but i can assure c-span viewers that we are not a shadow government. we are not involved in the u.s. government in any way. we try to influence with the writings, meetings, and our scholarship. in terms of whether they favor , that is mubarak another conversation. many egyptian people rose up and demanded mubarak change. there is nothing he could've done or said that would have changed this situation. mubarak was going to go. the u.s. government has now had to accommodate itself to the person they have elected as their president. what washington has tried to do is maintain a relationship with egypt recognizing these changes. i can assure you that the egyptian military did not want russian fighter aircraft. they want american fighter aircraft. they're helping them transform their force over the course of the last 30 years. the stories about favoring morsi and the council on fore
new york city and we have offices in new york city and the nation's capital. we take no money from the u.s. government. there have been conspiracy theories about us for quite some time, but i can assure c-span viewers that we are not a shadow government. we are not involved in the u.s. government in any way. we try to influence with the writings, meetings, and our scholarship. in terms of whether they favor , that is mubarak another conversation. many egyptian people rose up and demanded...
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the fact that we have the lowest murder rate of any big city in the country says we know what we are doing and we have it every year. we have had a reduction in murder rate virtually every single year for the last 20 years. >> as the leader of a huge city in america, new york city, what about the role of other people, our mental health professionals, law enforcement officials. >> all have a place. >> what about gun owners and gun right supporters? what role do they have in this -- if there's to be a new dialogue? >> well, i think gun owners really have spoken. when you do the polling, most gun owners think that an assault weapons ban makes sense in this day and age. that study has been done again and again by both democratic and republican pollsters, and the stroubl that the nri is just never willing to have any restriction whatsoever, no matter how reasonable it is. the supreme court fortunately was. they said having reasonable restrictions is consistent with the constitution. >> does that dynamic change now? does the nra have disproportionate power? you argued a moment ago they did
the fact that we have the lowest murder rate of any big city in the country says we know what we are doing and we have it every year. we have had a reduction in murder rate virtually every single year for the last 20 years. >> as the leader of a huge city in america, new york city, what about the role of other people, our mental health professionals, law enforcement officials. >> all have a place. >> what about gun owners and gun right supporters? what role do they have in...
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>> it is extremely important to the city and the residents. people impacted by the storm, they are located in other areas making that decision. am i going to open back up? it is extremely important, and the sooner the better so that we can get the unmet needs met. get people back to living in their homes, it is so important for the local economy. >> are carries ample local governments are doing their part. the philanthropic community is doing their part. unless we have the approval of the proposed package, we are not going to recover. it is critically important that we have that. we have always been there, for everybody else. we need america to now be there for our region as well. >> i would like to agree with my fellow panelists that is truly critical. if we are going to respond as we should and help the businesses and the people that are in the center of the storm, we have to have the resources to do it. we are not living up to our own expectations. >> this committee will come to an end, but the record will remain open for two weeks. i thank
>> it is extremely important to the city and the residents. people impacted by the storm, they are located in other areas making that decision. am i going to open back up? it is extremely important, and the sooner the better so that we can get the unmet needs met. get people back to living in their homes, it is so important for the local economy. >> are carries ample local governments are doing their part. the philanthropic community is doing their part. unless we have the approval...
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interview on met the press, new york city michael bloomberg said that he thinks perhaps the national rifle association's status as has been a bit overstated, what say you to that? >> well, it carries enormous weight in washington when you look at the amount of money the nra spends to lobby congress, members of both parties, on k-street, a lot of money to influence elections across the country, not just in these last fall elections, but particularly in the 2010 midterms. they're influential in that way, but it is a moment as bill said for congress to look at this. and also for the white house to make decisions, there's a number of things that the president could choose to do through executive order. you're not hearing any discussion of that at this point while the grief is so raw and so poignant. who knows what's going to happen here? as bill points out there's been so many tragedies like this and there could be a moment where you look at the timing politically. the president has just won the election so there's no worries for him. but the midterm elections are coming up while many de
interview on met the press, new york city michael bloomberg said that he thinks perhaps the national rifle association's status as has been a bit overstated, what say you to that? >> well, it carries enormous weight in washington when you look at the amount of money the nra spends to lobby congress, members of both parties, on k-street, a lot of money to influence elections across the country, not just in these last fall elections, but particularly in the 2010 midterms. they're...
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the year. >> but even in small american cities, 9/11 has changed the way police operate, think, and who's training them. the cops know how to handle mardi gras. but they don't know much about terrorism. so, the mobile police department is bringing in an expert from out of town to teach them. >> y'all listen to me. it's a mean old world. i don't have to tell you, you're cops. >> he is a retired army lieutenant colonel named dave grossman. >> what's your plan? >> a colorful speaker with high energy. >> like, whoa, what was that? >> grossman theatrically tears his notes. >> you will read 100 military manuals. >> he wants to get his audience's attention for what he believes is the most important message in america today. >> we can have all the warning in the world. >> nine-eleven was just the beginning. >> folks, these are terrorists. they don't piss in your water. they don't sprinkle -- they come kill your kids. >> we turn to the tragic events of the past 24 hours in russia. >> one of grossman's main theories is that al qaeda will carry out simultaneous attacks on american children. he says
the year. >> but even in small american cities, 9/11 has changed the way police operate, think, and who's training them. the cops know how to handle mardi gras. but they don't know much about terrorism. so, the mobile police department is bringing in an expert from out of town to teach them. >> y'all listen to me. it's a mean old world. i don't have to tell you, you're cops. >> he is a retired army lieutenant colonel named dave grossman. >> what's your plan? >> a...
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states in city government is considered to be in high regard. in china it's the opposite. so when you have stories like this, clearly been so ridiculously corrupt, he challenges the narrative of what happens when people realize the whole system is rotten to the core. and i swear that story and anyone who linked to that story was quickly censored this week. >> that was my question. how widely has the story been disseminated? >> don't underestimate the information if people want to have it. this is a sliver of china because only so much is actually online, so much as the ability to navigate the censorship controls. yes, it's being read. >> when people make the claim authoritarian governments can create economic development, they tend to say china and then they say singapore singapore in the same breath. is very democratic underground and singapore? >> areas. but if china has an example, is singapore. the chinese government has been fascinated by singapore and he was the case during the 1990s that the singaporean officials are constantly going to china and the chinese governm
states in city government is considered to be in high regard. in china it's the opposite. so when you have stories like this, clearly been so ridiculously corrupt, he challenges the narrative of what happens when people realize the whole system is rotten to the core. and i swear that story and anyone who linked to that story was quickly censored this week. >> that was my question. how widely has the story been disseminated? >> don't underestimate the information if people want to...
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al qaeda decided to attack new york city. they could do with the capability and can share with you with all due respect to our intelligence into her security systems if al qaeda had wanted to attack in tel aviv the israeli tower, they would've been able to do it. but they chose to attack here in the u.s., here in washington d.c. why? because they wanted to send a message and for that matter i hope that the united states of america and whoever we elect him will take a leadership decision playmobil decision. maybe it's not popular, but it would be more decision to stop the nuclear race in iran today. i don't know how many of you have followed the wiki makes report, that something very interesting popped up from wikileaks. when you go look at the writing of the arab leaders, not israelis, not jewish, arab leaders in the middle east, they were afraid more than i speak to people in saudi arabia and egypt, in jordan. so for that matter we'll have to take action. if the u.s. will decide to sit idly by and to watch and pray and take
al qaeda decided to attack new york city. they could do with the capability and can share with you with all due respect to our intelligence into her security systems if al qaeda had wanted to attack in tel aviv the israeli tower, they would've been able to do it. but they chose to attack here in the u.s., here in washington d.c. why? because they wanted to send a message and for that matter i hope that the united states of america and whoever we elect him will take a leadership decision...
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. >> alisyn: the president at newtown, connecticut this will be the fourth visit to a city following a mass shooting. let's bring in chris wallace, host of fox news sunday. >> kelly: good morning, chris. >> i have to say i've been covering presidents and in the briefing room at the white house more than 30 years and never saw a moment like that of that kind of sheer emotion and brought forward how terrible this particular one was. >> kelly: i have to agree with you, when the president spoke and even now, still grips he me emotionally, because here is the commander-in-chief now serving as a consoler in chief and he really showed raw emotion and took a minute for him to hold that back and actually move on with his statement. >> well, that's right and as he said, he was not responding as a president, but as a parent, he of course the father of two young children and i don't know that you have to have children, but if you do, and if you remember those days when you sent them off to school as six and seven year olds with all of their bright hopes and learning to read and learning to add a
. >> alisyn: the president at newtown, connecticut this will be the fourth visit to a city following a mass shooting. let's bring in chris wallace, host of fox news sunday. >> kelly: good morning, chris. >> i have to say i've been covering presidents and in the briefing room at the white house more than 30 years and never saw a moment like that of that kind of sheer emotion and brought forward how terrible this particular one was. >> kelly: i have to agree with you, when...
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that leads me to this -- you know, in my district, i live in the inner city of baltimore. most of the kids in my neighborhood, they will never get to an nfl game. it cannot afford it. when you hear about these players, more power to them. making millions upon millions of dollars. they agree to take a test. two years later, no testing complaining about the science and you just heard the doctors, what they said, what to you think? you're trying to convince kids not to go that route but what message does that sent to those kids you're trying to help? >> the message is that it is in the hands of lawyers and said of scientists. i believe the majority of the players walk on the test. i would. i want to know i am planning on an even field. because there is big rewards, like you say. with the money and endorsements and everything else. when i see a mother talking about her kid and a mother is saying, ask him what to eat. i turned to her and i say, little johnny has one chance in a million of making it. let him play for fun. you have to educate, not only the kids and players, the c
that leads me to this -- you know, in my district, i live in the inner city of baltimore. most of the kids in my neighborhood, they will never get to an nfl game. it cannot afford it. when you hear about these players, more power to them. making millions upon millions of dollars. they agree to take a test. two years later, no testing complaining about the science and you just heard the doctors, what they said, what to you think? you're trying to convince kids not to go that route but what...
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moving from the 26 largest city to one of the nation's dozen largest cities. when i think of the changes over the past 40 years, i see the fulfillment of then-mayor dick lugar. men and women of sense and decency. not all of us all in that category. sometimes, that sense is questioned.- is such skill is extremely valuable in the united states senate, a body that by its very design is supposed to foster compromise by legislators on issues before the nation. and so, it was a national progression that following his success as mayor, dick lugar's its job would be as united states senator. next job would be as united states senator. he is the type of lawmaker and a leader who works hard to bring both parties together, find common ground. his contributions are many, including his service on the agricultural committee. his most important role in the senate has to be his leadership of the senate foreign relations committee. as a two-time chairman of this committee, he has been one of the most influential minds on foreign policy in the united states. he has worked tirel
moving from the 26 largest city to one of the nation's dozen largest cities. when i think of the changes over the past 40 years, i see the fulfillment of then-mayor dick lugar. men and women of sense and decency. not all of us all in that category. sometimes, that sense is questioned.- is such skill is extremely valuable in the united states senate, a body that by its very design is supposed to foster compromise by legislators on issues before the nation. and so, it was a national progression...